Detection of methanogenic archaea in seawater particles and the digestive tract of a marine fish species

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 189-194

  Van Der Maarel, Marc J E C ^a   Sprenger, Wander ^b   Haanstra, René ^a   Forney, Larry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Fish feces; Intestinal microflora; Methanogenic archaea; PCR; Seawater particle

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES; FISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHANOBACTERIUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EURYARCHAEOTA; FECES; FLOUNDER; INTESTINES; METHANOSARCINACEAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0032997366     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00071-3     Document Type: Article

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